Barratt Redrow is rolling out LOOP’s pallet collection service across all of its sites nationwide. The move, which builds on the housebuilder’s historical pallet reuse efforts, comes as the number of green LOOP pallets entering the building materials supply chain increases week on week and has surpassed one million pallets issued to date.
By the end of June 2025, The Pallet LOOP (part of BSW Group) estimates that Barratt Redrow will have used its service to return in excess of 400,000 pallets (green and white) for reuse during the preceding twelve-month period across all its sites nationwide – preventing them from entering the waste chain.
Every year, Barratt Redrow accepts delivery of hundreds of thousands of pallets carrying core building materials. The business has always tried to dispose of pallets in a responsible way.
Historically, any large plasterboard pallets received from British Gypsum were returned via the plaster manufacturer’s old pallet return service – which has now been superseded by The Pallet LOOP. Other pallets, deemed suitable for reuse, were typically collected by Scott Pallets’ recovery service (LOOP’s collection partner).
Now, all pallets delivered to Barratt Redrow sites (white and green), which are suitable for reuse, will be sent back to The Pallet LOOP – with all of the company’s housebuilding sites already set up and actively using the service.
John Adams, group procurement director at Barratt Redrow, said: “In a short space of time, some of our biggest building materials suppliers have moved to using The Pallet LOOP’s circular economy pallets. This is great news for our business and for other housebuilding companies nationwide.
“The Pallet LOOP solves multiple issues for our business – providing a standardised range of strong, reusable pallets, and consolidating pallet returns via one easy-to-use system. This is helping us reduce waste and cut carbon, while also enhancing efficiencies across our operations.”
For every green LOOP pallet returned for reuse, The Pallet LOOP will provide the returning company with a financial PayBack of up to £4 per pallet. Building material manufacturers now using The Pallet LOOP to transport materials include British Gypsum, Isover, Superglass and Wienerberger.
Andy Williamson, commercial director at The Pallet LOOP, commented: “We are grateful to the team at Barratt Redrow for fully embracing our pallet collection service. As the number of LOOP pallets issued to date surpasses the one million mark, we’re encouraging other housebuilding companies to consider how our business can benefit their operations.
“Our collection service is simple to use and offers significant environmental and financial advantages – helping housebuilders lower costs and make a positive impact on their sustainability targets.
“As we strive to help the construction sector become more circular and resource efficient, and as activity in the housebuilding sector ramps up, we look forward to working with companies nationwide to help solve the problem posed by pallet waste.”
